David Round MW
@davidroundmw.bsky.social
Head of Taxonomy at wine start-up Pour Now. Director of events business Big Fish Little Fish. London-based.
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
The US is just going to destroy everything that is good in the world. I hope the BBC shows a bit more backbone in the face of dictatorial extortion and censorship than US media has managed so far.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The US is just going to destroy everything that is good in the world. I hope the BBC shows a bit more backbone in the face of dictatorial extortion and censorship than US media has managed so far.
It’s brilliantly ironic that the right wing Conservative BBC director-general Tim Davie is resigning over perceived anti-Trump bias at the BBC. Maybe we’ll get less gushing wall-to-wall coverage of Nigel Farage, Elon Musk et al from now on?
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s brilliantly ironic that the right wing Conservative BBC director-general Tim Davie is resigning over perceived anti-Trump bias at the BBC. Maybe we’ll get less gushing wall-to-wall coverage of Nigel Farage, Elon Musk et al from now on?
It's looking like this for me. Maybe I could email you the pdf I have saved
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's looking like this for me. Maybe I could email you the pdf I have saved
After seeing me admire this glass, the lovely @hannahsaunders101.bsky.social contacted The Nightjar to find their supplier and bought 6 of them for me. I’m a very lucky boy!
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
After seeing me admire this glass, the lovely @hannahsaunders101.bsky.social contacted The Nightjar to find their supplier and bought 6 of them for me. I’m a very lucky boy!
And a front view in happier times (the summer).
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
And a front view in happier times (the summer).
The scene on my desk this morning
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The scene on my desk this morning
For those not familiar, a London pedicab isn’t the fastest or most discreet getaway vehicle
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For those not familiar, a London pedicab isn’t the fastest or most discreet getaway vehicle
I went to a Drinks Business wine judging event this week and came home with a bag of quinces courtesy of fellow judge Jonathan Pedley. So I’m back in the quince jelly game. Lambeth Country Show, here I come!
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I went to a Drinks Business wine judging event this week and came home with a bag of quinces courtesy of fellow judge Jonathan Pedley. So I’m back in the quince jelly game. Lambeth Country Show, here I come!
I did go on a recruitment drive with my penultimate tweet last November. I think 4 of these opened an account here within 24 hours. I thought producers would follow but it didn’t really happen. And I don’t want to go back.
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I did go on a recruitment drive with my penultimate tweet last November. I think 4 of these opened an account here within 24 hours. I thought producers would follow but it didn’t really happen. And I don’t want to go back.
Publicity photos of wine people holding wine glasses are such a cliché. Like photos of senior executives on the phone.
October 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Publicity photos of wine people holding wine glasses are such a cliché. Like photos of senior executives on the phone.
I recently watched "Rise of the Nazis", an impressive 2019 BBC series featuring experts including #winesky favourite @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social which traces Hitler's progress from becoming Chancellor in January 1933. Trump's progress seems more rapid, but unlike Hitler, he had a democratic mandate.
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I recently watched "Rise of the Nazis", an impressive 2019 BBC series featuring experts including #winesky favourite @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social which traces Hitler's progress from becoming Chancellor in January 1933. Trump's progress seems more rapid, but unlike Hitler, he had a democratic mandate.
Make America Good Again
September 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Make America Good Again
That is a complete misrepresentation of their report
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
That is a complete misrepresentation of their report
Is it even worth my checking if I’m missing anything?
September 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Is it even worth my checking if I’m missing anything?
Oh, look at plague island. Just behind plague empire.
September 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Oh, look at plague island. Just behind plague empire.
I thought I had passed all the exams so how am I just hearing about the Monster of Wine qualification?
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I thought I had passed all the exams so how am I just hearing about the Monster of Wine qualification?
It’s difficult to feel anything but hopelessness about the future of the US, with its extreme levels of gun violence, unbridgeable political divide, suspension of habeas corpus & lack of free speech. I have found it an endlessly fascinating country to visit but I’m not sure I will ever go back now.
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It’s difficult to feel anything but hopelessness about the future of the US, with its extreme levels of gun violence, unbridgeable political divide, suspension of habeas corpus & lack of free speech. I have found it an endlessly fascinating country to visit but I’m not sure I will ever go back now.
Not a great year to be paid in US dollars. Oh well.
September 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Not a great year to be paid in US dollars. Oh well.
This is the Washington DC. The US has already fallen to fascism. The UK needs to wake up quickly if it’s going to avoid going the same way.
August 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is the Washington DC. The US has already fallen to fascism. The UK needs to wake up quickly if it’s going to avoid going the same way.
Met a bit of a legend at Uptown Festival yesterday evening.
July 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Met a bit of a legend at Uptown Festival yesterday evening.